Other slaves built defensive installations, especially those around Mobile.
He said it cost up to $2 million to modify a ship this way, besides the costs to the port to build and maintain such installations.
The division built defensive installations for two more months, then force marched 60 kilometers, and began work on new entrenchments.
But American officials estimate that it will take about three years to build new American installations for destroying chemical weapons.
Bechtel National Inc., which built military installations for the Government, is now getting much of its revenue from helping to clean them up.
The project would begin by building sanitary installations in six cities and planting trees on the riverbank.
The budget was spent on the military, building military installations.
The company also built installations in countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
"How is it possible that the ISC can build such sophisticated installations?"
At the same time, the War Department announced its intentions to build several new military installations.